Town Manager Bryan Chodkowski told NBC Connecticut to tack on another $185,000 for blight ordinance fees, liens, penalties and fines.

Chodkowski said it will be sold at auction in September.

"The total property will be listed for sale at auction somewhere around $225,000.00. Assuming no one is willing to purchase that property at that value then what we will do, the town will acquire that parcel for this fee of $1," Chodkowski said.

Chodkowski called John T. Forrest a non-responsive property owner, but he admits there's no one size fits all solution.

"If the owner's willing to step forward and engage the town in a discussion between now and the tax sale we're more than happy to sit and meet with him to try and come up with a resolution,” Chodkowski said.

By phone, Forrest said, "My position is I had a buyer two years ago and the town wouldn't move the price down to work with the local contractor in town. Ever since I haven't been able to get a buyer to take it off my hands."